Chapter 21 and 22 Review Page Progressivism
Progressivism- a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills in our country. - Groups Participating were Extremely Diverse:
Protestants
African-Americans
Union Leaders
Feminists
Many others
-Important to note that this movement benefited middle-class/working-class, not the upper class as other movements had done in previous times
- Big chunk of population was involved in Progressive movement.
- Protestant's missionary spirits drove a lot of these progressive movements
- The people wanted change from the horrors of the Gilded Age
Awful working conditions
24 hour shifts
Child labor
Laizze-faire government policy
Tycoons in big businesses with monopolies making too much money.
Progressivism- a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills in our country.
- Groups Participating were Extremely Diverse:
- Protestants
- African-Americans
- Union Leaders
- Feminists
- Many others
-Important to note that this movement benefited middle-class/working-class, not the upper class as other movements had done in previous times- Big chunk of population was involved in Progressive movement.
- Protestant's missionary spirits drove a lot of these progressive movements
- The people wanted change from the horrors of the Gilded Age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSb_4oeAG4
^ Roles of Women in the GIlded Age
Goals of Progressive Movement
- Democracy
- Direct Election of U.S. Senators which was later the 17th Amendment to our Constitution
- Initiative- A method in which voters could compel legislature to consider a bill.
- Referendum- Allowed citizens to vote on proposed laws printed on their ballots.
- Recall- Vote for removing corrupt and/or unsatisfactory politicians.
- Social Welfare- i.e. better schools, juvenile courts, liberized divorce laws, very importantly safety regulations for tenements and factories.
- Limits on death penalty
- Municipal Reform- Government having more control over businesses instead of just the business tycoons.
- Temperance and Prohibition
Roosevelts Square Deal- Called Union Leaders and coal miners to White House.
- Got mine owners to agree on 10% wage increase and 9 hour work day for miners.
- Elkins Act- Railroad Regulation
- Pure Food and Drug Act- Made sure all items were clean and safe for use by general public.
- Meat Inspection Act- Did basically the same tihng as Pure Food and Drug Act above.
- Repeated use of Forest Reserve Act of 1891.
- Newlands Reclamation Act- Many western states involved, irrigation projects such as damming every major river etc.
- Payne-Aldrich Tariff- reduced tariffs on many imported goods in 1909.
- The Progressive Movement had Black Rights involved as well.- W.E.B. Du Bois- Wrote Souls of the Black Folk, was an intelligent educated northerner.
- Booker T. Washington- Stressed importance of black education and economic progress
- These 2 started what was later called the Civil RIghts Movement
- Civil Rights organizations- Niagra Movement
- NAACP
- National Urban League
Women Suffrage